Question follow-through · 20530
Midwives: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the retention of midwives.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 20 Dec 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the retention of midwives.
18 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Government is committed to tackling the retention and recruitment challenges that face the National Health Service. NHS England is leading a range of initiatives to boost retention of existing staff and ensure that the NHS remains an attractive career...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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